Archive

  • CIO Interview: Allianz US' Todd Hedtke

    27 December 2021

    Todd Hedtke, chief investment officer at Allianz US, reflects on 2021, a year marked by "very significant changes". Interview by Abbie Wood

  • EEA's insurers' bond appetite revealed

    27 December 2021

    French CIOs love bonds, Northern Europeans prefer corporates and eastern Europeans like govvies

  • Chart of the week - CIOs rush to 'junk', but Gordon Gekko is nowehere to be seen...

    24 December 2021

    A hunt for junk by insurers worldwide is more about honouring promises, than being greedy

  • Mainland China is Hong Kong's green finance future, investors say

    23 December 2021

    Insurance conference hears HK has "natural advantage" to help Beijing achieve net zero

  • Mainland China turns Hong Kong insurers green - with desire

    22 December 2021

    As the world's second-largest economy pledges to become net-zero by 2060, the Hong Kong Insurance Authority's annual conference heard $1trn of green investing opportunities lie just across the border. David Walker reports

  • CRE continues to be UK and Dutch insurers' domain

    22 December 2021

    Together, they hold nearly half of all CRE held by EEA insurers

  • NYDFS capital change opens door to greater insurer ETF use

    21 December 2021

    New legislation gives bond ETFs the same capital treatment as fixed income

  • Share of French insurers' GA investments erodes further

    21 December 2021

    Accounting for less than 25% of total in Europe, from 38% three years ago

  • US insurer derivatives holdings soar 45% in five years

    20 December 2021

    Annuity issuers increased derivatives use to hedge against volatility and low rates

  • Interview with New York regulator's climate head

    20 December 2021

    The NYDFS's unaugural climate change division superintendent, Nina Chen, talks through the regulator's plans to instigate better climate practices among insurers. Interview by Sarfraz Thind